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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1887-11-11

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1887-11-11

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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
The Oldest NeWsDaper.

1t is generally believed that the Times
Of London and the Gazette dc France of
Paris are the oldest papers in existence,
but this appears to be mistake. The
honor belong to the Chinese who possess
journal started nearly 1000 years ago.
Its name is The King Pan. 1t was found
ed says learned bibiiophist, in the year
Gil Of the Christian era At first it was
published at irregular periods, but in
1861 it became weekly. In 1904 it
underwent another transformation, and
appeared daily. 1t costs a halfpenny
and issues three editions. The morning
edition, printed on yellow paper, is de-
voted to commerce; the noon edition,
printed on white paper, contains official
acts and miscellaneous news, while the
evening edition, printed on red paper,
is taken up with political information
and leading articles. 1t is edited by six
members of the Academy of Science, and
the total sale of the three editions is
IA, 900 copies. ---[Pall Mall Gazette.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
After the Battle.

The aspect of troops of all arms Of
the service writes Colonel ]. B. Gandol-
TO, in st. Louis Globe Democrat, is very
different in battle from the trim and
neat parade appearance, but nowhere is
this difference so marked rs in the ar.
tillery. 1t was always most interesting
to me to watch battery going into ac-
ton. The artlllerymcn were very
careful at all times to dress strictly in
accordance with regulations and when
a battery took position every cannoncer
looked as if he had just prepared HIM
self for inspection. Nothing could be
neater and more uniform than their ap-
pearance But this did not last long. As
the fire began to get hot a jacket
here and there would be thrown off;
next the collars would go. and often the
shirts. The men were soon bathed in
perspiration, which they would hastily
brush off with their powder blackened
hands, leaving great marks wherever
they touched themselves. When tho
men began to fall and were carried to
the rear by their comrades, blood stains
were added to the powder marks, and
at the close of the fight the artillerymen,
so remarkable for their fine appearance
at its opening, presented the most hor-
rible spectacle that can be imagined.
But they soon removed all trace of the
fray, and by the next day were as clean
and neat as ever.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
Fats MS TOnicS,

Fats, especially those which are Of
easy digestion, like cod liver oil and
sweet cream, are also essential to tho
wcll-bcing of the nervous system. The
peculiar ce-neurine-found in
all nervous structures contains fat as an
essential constituent. 1t is remarkable
that most "nervous" individuals have
strong aversion to fats as articles of diet.
This is extremely unfortunate, for the
omission of fats and oils from the diet
tends to not only continue the nervous
ness, but to increase the irritability and
weakness. Cod liver oil is a most valu-
able medicine in such cases, because it is
already partly digestcd by admixture
with the bile secreted by the liver of the
fish. and thus rendered still more easy
of absorption. The labor of digestion is
thus partly taken away from the tasks to
be performed by the invalid. of course,
the fishy odor is Objectionable at first,
but this is generally easily overcome by
continuing its use for short time.
There are few preparations on the mar
partially digestcd by admixture with
pancrcatine. Emulsions thus made are
palatable but much moro expensive than
the crude oil. Globe Democrat.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
Muscular Force.

A strong man will, with muscles
weighing only pound or two, lift a
weight of several hundred pounds.
But, unconsciously to himself, the strong
mans muscles OF the chest move In the
act of respiration two hundred pounds,
fifteen to twenty times minute.
A bird on the wing is striking cx-
ample of sustained muscular exertion.
For hour after hour the Australian swai-
low, which is never seen to rest, sustains
its flight. The English swift flies all
day long, and, apparently, is proof
against fatigue.
An ordinary speaker utters 1900 differ
ent vocal sounds in minute, which
gives the one fiftieth of a second for
each contraction of the muscles of the
tongue. Mr.. Gladstone speaks, on I'M
portant occasions, three and four hours,
and yet his muscles continue to act, till
the close of his speech with astonishing
velocity.
Astounding as is the velocity of the
muscles of the human tongue it is tor
toise's force in comparison with the vc-
locity of a gnat's wings. Its hum varies
with the rapidity of its wings vibra.
tions, and their rate can be ascertained
from the pitch of the note. Estimated
by this it has been found that an cx-
cited gnat moves its wings many hun.
drcd times a second. i Youths Com
panion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
She Could Say II.

The director of large girls school in
French Canada, which is patronizcd by
many American families, tells story OF
pert New England girl, with whom
the instructors had any amount of diff
Guilty, quite naturally, in getting her to
sound the letter r. When letter has
been unpronounced for generations, it
comes hard TO the young. This New
England girl had been labored with for
so long time over the sound OF the r
in French words that she came to re-
gard the instruction in this particular as
a great bore; and when the director
himself took her in hand one day, and
said:
''Now, see here. Miss -, want
you to pronounce the for me" she put
on look of unuttcrablc wcariness.
'Now, please pronounce for me an Eng
lish word, he persisted, 'that begins
with an r, and be sure that you sound
the letter"
"R-r-r-r-r-ratsr exclaimed the Amer
ican girl, with snap in her eyes.
Philadelphia Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
A Chinese HosDital,

In one of the most crowded thorough
fares OF the Chinese quarter Of Shanghai
there has stood for forty years a free
native hospital mainly supported by
the European community. Very strange
its wards look at first to English visitors.
The patients bring their own bedding,
consisting Of bamboo and a wadded
quilt. Those who can move about arc
the only regular attendants of those who
cannot. The house surgeon and dis
penser is Christian Chinamau, for
thirty years connected with the hospi-
tai, and one of the first converts of
mission school. Yearly about 800 pa
tients pass through the wards and the
proportion of deaths is small. Last
year there were SO and in the dispensary
more than %, 900 cases were treated.
From very far distances many of the
poor suffering creatures come and
back to their far-off homes many
healed one has carried blessing greater
than bodily healing, for we believe that
nowhere, at home or abroad, could bet
ter proof be found than in the Shang-
hal of the benefit of combining medical
and Gospel work. Daily the waiting
room, seated for 300, is crowded with
men, women and children, long before
the dispensing hour, and daily an Eng
lish missionary, as conversant with their
language as his own, sets before this
waiting multitude the Word of Life 81
believe" writes a Christian physician,
who for some years had the oversight of
this work, "that the Chinese undergo
more suffering for want of medical
knowledge than any other nation in the
world. In an institution like this, al
most daily under a good surgeon, may
the blind receive sight, the deaf hear,
the lame walk."-[Quiver.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
The Toy Balloon Industry.

Many are the ways in which the sons
Of Italy earn their daily bread, some of
the methods being entirely unique and
restricted to this race Of people. One
very fourishing business is that carried
on in toy balloons, one Italian having an
entire monopoly Of the trade in this city.
He employs about fifteen persons to as
sist him, ten Of these being statesmen,
who hawk the pretty but fragile goods
on the street, down the river, at country
fairs and all other places where large
numbers of persons congrcgato. Tho
balloons, uninfated, are purchased by
the hundred from French firm in New
York, which imports several millions of
these goods every year, and cost fifty
cents dozen for the best grades The
cheaper grade sells at wholesale for thir-
ty cents dozen, and these when inflated
with common, every day air and covered
with few daubs of paint retail for ten
cents apiece. This kind, however, last
only for few hours, as the air soon cs-
capes and the balloon becomes practical
ly useless. The better grade are inflated
with gas, and it is here where the Italian
in question obtains the ''inside
track" he being the only pos
SCISSOR in Providence of the machine
necessary for making the gas
and Initiating the balloons. The ma
chine he keeps strictly guarded and con-
cealed from the eye of the OF polloi, and
the few cntcrprising Italians who have
in the past ordered balloons upon their
own account have been compelled to
come to him for imitation, so that now
the trade has fallen entirely into his
hands. His machine has capacity of
supplying gas for and filling 1870 of the
ordinary sized balloons at time, and
this operation, once the gas is made,
can be performed in forty minutes.
Two persons are kept busy in tying tho
uecks of the balloons as soon as they
are filled with gas. A long thread is at
tachcd to each one. They are then
covered with a few colored designs,
done by aid of stencil plates, and the
goods are ready for the peddler, who
sells these gas balloons at fifteen cents
apiece. That there is money in the
business is more than evident from the
fact that the "boss" has quite recently
purchased two houses and one or two
building lots on Mount Pleasant and his
employees are fairly well paid He
never carries large stock of inflated
balloons in his laboratory, as there is
nsosc or less leakage through the thin
rubber of which the balloon is made,
but he has no difficulty in filling large
order on the shortest notice. - Provi.
dence Journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
Aquatic Birds and Mussels.

The plausible suggestion made by
Darwin as to the agency of aquatic birds
in the wide dispersal of fresh water mol
lusks, was singularly confirmed several
years after by Mr.. ArthurF. Gray shoot
ing duck which had clinging to one of
its toes fresh water mussel. DR.. j. W.
Fewkes has recently recorded the shoot
ing of duck in Sebec, Maine, which
was in like manner transporting fresh
water mussel. The same bird had been
observed several days before with this
curious companion clinging to its foot,
and had the duck been migrating at the
time it might have transported the mus
sci many hundreds of miles. Popular
Science Monthly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
Clever Dry Goods "Buyers." +"

have seen Wholesale "buyers' in the
New York custom-house, before what is
called the Board of Rc-appraisemcnt- "a
sort of court where testimony is taken
as to the value of goods on which duty
is to be paid-and l do not know of a
brighter, keener set of men. Their
quickness and ability to judge of the
quality and value of goods is almost
phenomenal. They will examine a
whole row of silks, for instance, in a
few minutes, testing them by touch,
and sometimes examining them through
a small magnifying glass; nine times out
of ten they will tell, within the smallest
fraction of cent, what the cost price of
every piece of silk is in Europe. A
wholesale buyer commands large sal
ary, say from $4,000 to $10,0 a year,
with frequent trips to Europe, on which
all his expenses are paid. Nicholas.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
"NO. Thank You, Tom"

They met, when they were girl and boy,
Going to the school one day,
And, "Won't you take my pes.top, dearr
Was all that he could say.
She bit her little pinafore,
Close to his side she came;
She whispered, "No, no, thank you, Tom,'
But took it all the same.
They met one day, the self-same way,
When ten swift years had flown;
He said, "I've nothing but my heart,
But that is yours alone.
And won't you take my hearth he said,
And called her by her name;
She blushed and said, mo, thank you, Tom,
But took it all the same.
And twenty, thirty, forty years
Have brought them care and joy;
She has Che n.Ae peg-top still
He gave her when boy.
"pve had no wealth, sweet wife, says he,
''I've never brought you fame;"
She whispers, mo! no, thank you, Tom,
You've loved me all the same"
IF E. Weatherley.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
HUMOROUS.

The two-legged crank is the hardest
to turn.
1t would seem natural for carpenter
to have numbering gait.
1t is perceptibly warmer when sea-
faring man has doubled the cape.
In midnight fight between two gen.
tlemen cats there is no tom-foolcry.
Although not much talked about the
postage stamp is on everybody's tongue.
"All But" is the title of story by
Rose Terry Cooke. Probably the history
of billy goat.
Curiously enough the man who is al
ways in pickle doesn't preserve his tenn.
per worth cent.
A Canadian farmer has calf which
eats turkey whenever it gets a chance.
The carnivorous bovine should be
named "The Gar"
ASt. Paul man had the blood of
living lamb injected into his veins, as
remedy for general debility, and he has
looked sheepish ever since.
Edison has invented graphophone
whose voice is clear and distinct. Men
with we'll regulated wives don't need
| any of these ncw-fangled things.
''What is the interior of Africa prin-
cipally used fora" asked teacher OF the
class in geography. "For the purpose
of exploration" answered the head boy.
"Why is small boy like womana"
said certain man to his troublesome
wife. No response. because he will
make man grown" said the conun'
drumist.
Lady of the house (urging company
to eaD-Plcasc help yourselves. Do
just as you would in your own house.
1 am always so glad when my friends
are at home.
''What are chilled ploughs, papaF
asked the little son of an agriculture
professor ooh, my son." was the wise
reply, "they are ploughs which have
stood out in the furrow all winter.
"My dear old friend, how were you
able to acquire such an immense for
tunc9" "By very simple method"
"What method was that2' when I
was poor l made out that l was rich,
and when 1 got rich l made out that |
was poor"
Employer ito new boy): John, how
many times day do you want me to
tell you to shut that door1 New
boy: My last boss used to have
to tell me fifteen times before did a
thing, but he paid me more wages than
you do; guess you'd better make it
twenty.
'rve trunk you cannot lift" said he.
'Ha, HAP said the luggage man.
'Lead onl" he cried, "or stand aside
I'll bet you shilling can"
He followed fast till they stopped at last
Snow lift the trunk" said he;
But he lost his bet, for it stands there yet
The trunk of a poplar tree
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
StOWaWays.

Stowaways trouble English steamers
more this year than ever before. To find
ten or fifteen of them is common thing.
They make friends with the men who
load the vessels, and are put away wher-
ever they can be secreted. In vessels
that bring over brick the leaders will
build up little room around two or
three men, and in several cases from
dozen to two dozen men have thus
been secreted. Most Of them are tramps.
They only renal, in their hiding places
till the vessel is we'll out to sea, when
they make their appearance to be sup
ported during the rest of the voyage. -
philadelphia Call.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
A Hawk browns a Blackbird.

The English paper Land and Water
publishes and credits to local paper"
a story told by Scotch railrord laborer,
who saw hawk swoop upon ablackbird
which was singing on a bush by the
side of the River Ettrick. The black.
bird, he says, was at once unperched
and carried to the ground, struggling
and screaming in the talons of his ad-
versary. The hawk, evidently finding
considerable difficulty fn dispatching
the bird, dragged it along the ground
to shallow pool, where he put his
head under water and stood on it till
his victim was drowned.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
A LITTLE HERCULES.

Away back in the sixties was fnan-
cially interested In two or three Texas
enterprises with man named George
Sloane. That was his right name, but
in many localities in Texas he was
known only as Nervy George. have
seen great many statements concerning
his adventures in print, but all more or
less exaggerated. Some of the adven-
lures which came about while we were
in company l will now give to the press
for the first time.
Sloane was an Ohio 10y, and made
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
Fighting from Balloons.

Military balloon experiments of vari-
Gus kinds are being tried in England OFF
Dungeness. Thus range-firing has been
watched from captive balloon, while a
similar craft is sent aloft empty and fired
at by shrapnel shell, to ascertain how
near balloon may pass to the enemy's
lines without being hit. Some capital
photographs have been taken from
height of 1000 feet in small balloon
remaining only few minutes in the air.
The balloon carries an automatic camera,
which produces a good view Of the
country beneath.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
PRICE THREE CENTS.
his death will be shortly followed by

his death will be shortly followed by
rain.
"Hc is as cross as II he got out of bed
on tho wrong side" is common ex.
preston.
The custom Of walking arm in arm
may owe its origin to q belief in the
olden time that if two persons were
walking together and another passed be-
tween them, they would be disappointed
in something they intended to do.
The charm against this is for all par
ties to say "Good morning. ."-[Wash'
ington Star.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
The Tired RnnfS

A little Boston boy, aged six, is of
,cry imaginative temperament. Quite
recently his mother noticed that at bed
time each night he laid his little boots
together upon their sides, instead of set
ting them upright
Pray tell me why you always place
your boots that wayln said mamma; aud
the child replied:
Because they must be tired walking
so much all day; lay them sideways so
that they can rest"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
Base Ingratitude.

Featherly Ito Dumley, who has given
him a cigar)-Somebody puff must
have given you this cigar, Dumley.
Dumley-Yes; is it bad onel
Featherly-No; it's puff good one.
PUCK.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
THE LONDONDERRY SITTER.
TERMS.
Advertising Rates

A black or blue pencil riaTk oppo-
site this paragraph indicates that your
subscription has expired, while red
mark shows that your subscription or
renewal has been received.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-28

The state rexr.Rnnks.


The San Francisco Call of yesterday
says There has been mismanagementa and
dishonesty in the State Printing Office in
the manufacture Of textbooks for our pub
lie schools. A sheet which has always on
posed the printing of textbooks By the
State SEXES this opportunity 10 show that
the project is mpracticabIe Mismau-
agement and dishonesty are ALWAYS to be
regretted, but they are no worse in the State
Printing Office than IN other departments
of public service. It does net. follow, be-
cause a few thousand dollars have been
added to the necessary cost of textbooks
by dishonesty or incompetence of The offi-
cial to whom the work was intrusted that
the work should be abandoned. A few
shot may be poured into the project under
cover of such disclosures, but no one will
be convinced that the State should ahan-
don the work because il has so far JAILED to
keep its officials from abusing their trust
The fact has been demonstrated that pupils
had 10 pay two or three prices for school
books. The State wisely stepped in 10 save
its people from ihis needless expense. II
has shown not only that textbooks CaTs he
furnished at one half the cost as compared
with the corresponding books of private
firms, but that the absence OF an interested
party will eonduce TO the permanency of
NV q ; oitiAA DiINS aNIptSh. lie comp pant
has been double one; the pupils were
charged two or three prices for books. and
on one pretext or another compelled to
submit 10 frequent changes. The State
will have no interest in a change Il will
continue to furnish books at cost, and will
permit pupils to use books until worn
out. If the State has lost few thousl sand
dollars through lack of vigilance in the
selection of officials, the fact is to be re-
GREETED. But we do not abolish streets be-
cause the Street Department makes poor
use of money. We do not tear down a
half-completed public building because we
make the discovery that the baIf-com-
plet ID portion cost more than i. ought 10
have cost
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-28
AFTERNOON SESSION.
MERCHANDISE REPORT.


The following freight passed Ogden on the
oath instant:
For Sacramento-Lindley & Co., ! carload
hams, 20 cases canned fish: Hall, Luhrs & Co.,
/ carload hams, lS5 barrels glassware; A. A.
Van VOORHEES, d Co, l case hardware John
Breuner. ! box glass: Booth < Co., 20 cases
canned meats. 5 barrels syrup Capital Fur
nituTe Co.. l05 bundles chairs Hale Bros. &
%, S cases shoes.
For Stockton-Austin Bros. &c boxes horse
shoe nails.
The following freight passed New Orleans on
the 10Th instant:
For sacramento-H Huntington, Hopkins & Co,
cases hardware, cases firearms, bell and
fixtures, $40 bundles iron pipe. 40 aSies; Jos.
Hahn & Co.. case pitch, keg salts ! box dye
stutfs, l box gum Kirk, Geary d Co., . cases
rubber goods, MebiTs q Co. l box smoking
tobacco: Southern Pacific Co., 80 tires Sacra-
mento Glass and Crockery Co, 10 crates bottles
Gus Lsyenson, cases boots and shoes c. S.
Houghton, case papeteries Weinstock IL Lu-
bin, cases envelopes, cases boots and shoes
cases curtain poles, case knit cotton, , cases
hats, case cotton goods Baker & Hamilton, :
cases beefcutters; L. W. Melvin, cases clocks
NJ. Kuhlne, Is cases boots and shoes; T. c.
Mead, case hardware; &. ". Chesley, ! case
cigars j. Elkus Il Co >, 5 cases hosiery Hale
Bros. d Co., case knit underwear, l case shoes
| bale canvas, case hosiery w. e. Peterson,
case paratine Barber & Pealer. bale paper
bales paper bags.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-28

400 Geary street. San FrgReiSco. Ca.
Ae- Private Entrance, 405 Mason street f1ur
blocks up Geary from Kearny. Main entrance
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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-28
FROM TIE ORIFrr-,

From TIE 0RIRvT-The steamer San
Pablo arrived on Sun lay. bringing Hong
kong adyices 10 June ID. and Yokohama
news to June 11'h. 1t is feared that riots
will be stirred mp against the American
missionaries AZ Chinan-Foo Several large
seizures of opium have been made at
Annoy. Dacoits al Shun TAX got away
with $4,000 worth Of silk. In fight with
the guards they killed four and wounded
nine 4 great drought prevails al Ningpo.
1t IS reported that all the Japanese Sem
revision is at standstill, owing TO investi-
gallons of matters relating to customs
duties The Chinese adviser of the King of
G rea has been recalled by the yiceroy, Il.
Pirates in Tonquin are giving much
trouble.